Tagged Chris Hemsworth

We’ve had quite a few terrible blockbusters so far in 2019 – hello Dark Phoenix, Hellboy, and Godzilla – but, none of them have left as little an impression as Men in Black: International, a forgettable...

Though he may only appear in the film for 20 or so minutes, Chris Hemsworth is the key to Bad Times at the El Royale. Without being able to plaster his face and permanent shirtlessness onto every piece of...

Screenwriter extraordinaire Drew Goddard (Cloverfield, World War Z, The Martian) is back with his second feature as a director, Bad Times at the El Royale. His latest finds a group of strangers unravelling a...

Here’s a tough one: how do you make a cinema audience sympathise with a WW2 Nazi? It’s probably best that he doesn’t buy into the regime - no-one would like that. It would help to make him reject the...

Thanos has been waiting a long time, but by Titan it was worth the wait. With notable exceptions, Marvel has a villain problem – no more. Thanos is an imposing menace, ruthlessly efficient yet surprisingly...

It's safe to say that the majority of discussion around Thor: Ragnarok has been in regards to Marvel's choice of director. Taika Waititi is not only an interesting choice due to his lack of previous experience...

Marvel Studios' cinematic universe has all but taken over the the global box office, much like the crypto-fascist team the "Avengers" at its centre (just kidding). The decade-spanning, 18-film franchise owes...

1. Has Ben Affleck revealed the identity of the latest Batman villain? Yeah, probably. It sure looks like Batman has himself a new villain, and Jared Leto is nowhere to be seen. On Monday, the growl behind...

Age of Ultron moonwalks assuredly past Second Album Syndrome, but doesn’t get to be the Avengers’ The Empire Strikes Back. It’s a barnstorming cyclone of spectacle, yet never manages to recapture how...

Blackhat is that rarest of things: a thriller with an almost meditative pulse. The art of hacking is explored with a perfunctory and workmanlike rigour, as are the cast, let down by Foehl’s script. The...